Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC R1369,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53274
 
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Date:Friday 25 July 1941
Time:02:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1369
MSN: DX-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:RAF Feltwell
Narrative:
Mission:Kiel.Took off from RAF Feltwell at 2220 hrs. Crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands. Three of those who died are buried in the Sage War Cemetery. Oldenburg. Sgt C D Lynch had no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sgt Frederick Louis Green RAFVR 745784 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Richard Ellsworth Drake RCAF R/60226 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Harry Ponsonby Lynch RAFVR 1064697 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Lawrence William Collins RAF 1065396 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt M D Hennessy RAF 1001803 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt Cyril Duncan Lynch RAFVR 927545 [Killed]

Sources:

http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 102.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 November 1941 Z8903 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea probably off Alkmaar, Noord-Holland w/o
16 March 1942 X3599 57 Sqn RAF 5 Thomas Mountain County Down Northern Ireland w/o
26 March 1942 X3665 57 Sqn RAF 6 Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
27 July 1942 Z1654 57 Sqn RAF 5 Großenaspe, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
27 July 1942 X3653 57 Sqn RAF 5 Lemwerder, Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 Z1650 57 Sqn RAF 6 Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
02-May-2016 17:13 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Nov-2018 19:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator]
25-Jul-2019 10:14 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Phase]
21-Jun-2022 10:50 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
24-Jul-2022 07:19 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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